Taxation of Property Transactions - Tax Staff Essentials
4.00 Credits
Member Price $213
Non-Member Price $261
Overview
A fundamental understanding of the taxation of business property transactions is essential to any tax practice. This course prepares tax professionals to handle the tax effects of common property transactions, including like-kind exchanges and involuntary conversions. It also covers important property-related timing issues and planning opportunities that can lead to significant tax savings.
Highlights
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of property transactions and taxation
Designed For
Tax staff and senior associates in public accounting Tax professionals in industry
Objectives
- Calculate gain or loss realized and recognized on business property dispositions.
- Identify the tax treatment of net Section 1231 gains and net Section 1231 losses.
- Determine the application of the Medicare contribution tax to property dispositions.
- Recall rules for depreciation subject to recapture when property was acquired in a nontaxable exchange transaction or by gift or bequest.
- Recall the requirements for deferring realized gain on an involuntary conversion.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Shelley Rhoades-Catanach, AICPA
Dr. Rhoades-Catanach joined the accounting faculty of Villanova University in 1998, and teaches a variety of tax courses in the undergraduate, Master of Taxation, MBA and Master of Accounting Programs. Prior to joining Villanova, she taught at Washington University in St. Louis and the Darden Graduate School at the University of Virginia. She has also served as a visiting faculty member in the MBA program at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. Before entering academia, Dr. Rhoades-Catanach spent seven years at Arthur Andersen as a tax professional.
Dr. Rhoades-Catanach’s research focuses on the impact of taxes on strategic decision making in such areas as tax reporting and auditing, changes in tax policy, taxpayer rights legislation, and the impact of state taxation on firm location and investment decisions. She is the co-author of two textbooks, Principles of Taxation for Business and Investment Planning and Advanced Strategies in Taxation and has published numerous articles in journals such as The Accounting Review, Research in Accounting Studies, Journal of the American Taxation Association, and Issues in Accounting Education.
Non-Member Price $261
Member Price $213